Comments for IELTS preparation with e-englishteacher.com http://www.e-englishteacher.com e-englishteacher.com – the experts in English language teaching for IELTS Mon, 20 Feb 2012 03:02:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Matching headings to paragraphs by e-englishteacher.com http://www.e-englishteacher.com/ielts_reading/matching-headings-to-paragraphs/#comment-2456 e-englishteacher.com Mon, 20 Feb 2012 03:02:25 +0000 http://www.e-englishteacher.com/?p=4063#comment-2456 A lot of IELTS candidates find this type of question very difficult, Manoj. To help you decide which idea is the main idea in a paragraph, here are some guidleines for you: <ul> <li>For the first paragraph of a text, the main idea is often towards the end of the paragraph.</li> <li>For a paragraph in the body of a text, the main idea is usually in the first sentence or two depending on how long the paragraph is.</li> <li>For the last paragraph of a text, the main idea is often towards the end of the paragraph.</li> </ul> These guidelines are for IELTS texts where the first paragraph is an introduction and the last paragraph is a conclusion. In this kind of text, if you match some vocabulary in a heading with some vocabulary in the middle of a body paragraph, like in the example above, you're probably going to get the wong answer. Have a look at an example of this type of question in an official IELTS practice test, e.g. one of the tests in the book Cambridge IELTS 8, and try using these guidelines to help you decide on the main idea of each paragraph. Pete A lot of IELTS candidates find this type of question very difficult, Manoj. To help you decide which idea is the main idea in a paragraph, here are some guidleines for you:

  • For the first paragraph of a text, the main idea is often towards the end of the paragraph.
  • For a paragraph in the body of a text, the main idea is usually in the first sentence or two depending on how long the paragraph is.
  • For the last paragraph of a text, the main idea is often towards the end of the paragraph.

These guidelines are for IELTS texts where the first paragraph is an introduction and the last paragraph is a conclusion. In this kind of text, if you match some vocabulary in a heading with some vocabulary in the middle of a body paragraph, like in the example above, you’re probably going to get the wong answer.

Have a look at an example of this type of question in an official IELTS practice test, e.g. one of the tests in the book Cambridge IELTS 8, and try using these guidelines to help you decide on the main idea of each paragraph.

Pete

]]> Comment on How to paraphrase IELTS Academic Writing task 1 introductions (4) by e-englishteacher.com http://www.e-englishteacher.com/ielts_writing/how-to-paraphrase-ielts-academic-writing-task-1-introductions-4/#comment-2455 e-englishteacher.com Mon, 20 Feb 2012 02:36:53 +0000 http://www.e-englishteacher.com/blog/?p=2775#comment-2455 Thank you, Hassan. I'm glad you find our IELTS preparation blog useful. Pete Thank you, Hassan. I’m glad you find our IELTS preparation blog useful. Pete

]]> Comment on How to paraphrase IELTS Academic Writing task 1 introductions (4) by Hassan http://www.e-englishteacher.com/ielts_writing/how-to-paraphrase-ielts-academic-writing-task-1-introductions-4/#comment-2454 Hassan Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:21:58 +0000 http://www.e-englishteacher.com/blog/?p=2775#comment-2454 Dear sir/madam I really appreciate your attempts to help candidates who are trying to get a good mark in the exam. Dear sir/madam
I really appreciate your attempts to help candidates who are trying to get a good mark in the exam.

]]> Comment on Matching headings to paragraphs by Manoj http://www.e-englishteacher.com/ielts_reading/matching-headings-to-paragraphs/#comment-2449 Manoj Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:20:46 +0000 http://www.e-englishteacher.com/?p=4063#comment-2449 Is there any other easy method to get the main idea from a paragraph because sometimes in a given paragraph there are a lot of words similar to the given headings so mostly I get confused to depict the correct heading. Can you please help me with bunch of tips..please..I think my ability to depict the main idea is very bad..but I want to score at least 8 bands please bless me with some precious tips about reading. Is there any other easy method to get the main idea from a paragraph because sometimes in a given paragraph there are a lot of words similar to the given headings so mostly I get confused to depict the correct heading. Can you please help me with bunch of tips..please..I think my ability to depict the main idea is very bad..but I want to score at least 8 bands please bless me with some precious tips about reading.

]]> Comment on Here’s an IELTS essay that I wrote earlier by Chandin http://www.e-englishteacher.com/ielts_writing/heres-an-ielts-essay-that-i-wrote-earlier/#comment-2423 Chandin Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:36:25 +0000 http://www.e-englishteacher.com/blog/?p=2098#comment-2423 Thanks for that reply Pete, much appreciated :) Thanks for that reply Pete, much appreciated :)

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